Activity: celebrating food and culture
Use the two activities to help students explore the connection between food and culture. Students can learn about diverse foods and traditions from an early age. This can help them develop a deeper understanding of and respect for cultural diversity.
Two activities
Creating Caring Classrooms
Do this activity to help make the classroom a respectful and caring place. Students will have the opportunity to express kindness to one another, helping everyone feel welcome.
This activity includes:
- Stone soup folktale: students will explore a story which focuses on sharing, kindness and working together.
- Community stone soup: students can make their own community soup with words inspiring kindness.
Exploring Food Stories
Use these activities to help students explore personal, family, community and world food stories. This can help show similarities and differences between people.
These activities include:
- My food story: students will explore the reasons why people eat. They will also reflect on a personal food story by highlighting a favourite food.
- Researching foods: students will research diverse cuisines and food traditions. This will help them understand how food is connected to culture, family, and community.
- Tasting foods: students will sample foods, which will enhance sharing food stories.
Contains:
Activities and student materials
Language:
English
Activity: celebrating food and culture
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